2019-11-21 Version 2.0.0, @NickNaso

Notable changes:

API

• Added Napi::AsyncProgressWorker api.
• Added error checking on Napi::ThreadSafeFunction::GetContext.
• Added copy constructor to Napi::ThreadSafeFunction.
• Added Napi::ThreadSafeFunction::Ref and Napi::ThreadSafeFunction::Unref to Napi::ThreadSafeFunction.
• Added Napi::Object::AddFinalizer method.
• Use napi_add_finalizer() to attach data when building against N-API 5.
• Added Napi::Date api.
• Added Napi::ObjectWrap::Finalize method.

Documentation

• Added documentation for Napi::AsyncProgressWorker.
• Improve Napi::AsyncWorker documentation.
• Added documentation for Napi::Object::AddFinalizer method.
• Improved documentation for Napi::ThreadSafeFunction.
• Improved documentation about the usage of CMake as build tool.
• Some minor corrections all over the documentation.

TEST

• Added test cases for Napi::AsyncProgressWorker api.
• Added test cases for Napi::Date api.
• Added test cases for new features added to Napi::ThreadSafeFunction.

Commits

• [c881168d49] - tsfn: add error checking on GetContext (#583) (Kevin Eady) #583
• [24d75dd82f] - Merge pull request #588 from NickNaso/add-asyncprogress-worker-readme (Nicola Del Gobbo)
• [aa79e37b62] - Merge pull request #587 from timrach/patch-1 (Nicola Del Gobbo)
• [df75e08c2b] - tsfn: support direct calls to underlying napi_tsfn (Kevin Eady) #58
• [2298dfae58] - doc: Added AsyncProgressWorker to readme (NickNaso)
• [b3609d33b6] - Fix return type and declaration of setter callback (Tim Rach)
• [295e560f55] - test: improve guards for experimental features (legendecas)
• [2e71842f63] - tsfn: Implement copy constructor (Kevin Eady) #546
• [650562cab9] - src: implement AsyncProgressWorker (legendecas) #529
• [bdfd14101f] - src: attach data with napi_add_finalizer (Gabriel Schulhof) #577
• [9e955a802b] - doc: change node.js to Node.js per guideline (#579) (Tobias Nießen) #579
• [b42e21e3a9] - build: move node/6 to travis allowed failures and add node/13 (#573) (Gabriel Schulhof)
• [8d6132f609] - doc: improve AsyncWorker docs (#571) (legendecas) #571
• [bc8fc23627] - test: do not run TSFN tests on NAPI_VERSION < 4 (legendecas) #576
• [bcc1d58fc4] - implement Object::AddFinalizer (Gabriel Schulhof)
• [e9a4bcd52a] - doc: updates Make.js doc to current best practices (Jim Schlight) #558
• [b513d1aa7a] - doc: fix return type of ArrayBuffer::Data (Tobias Nießen) #552
• [34c11cf0a4] - src: disallow copying, double close of scopes (legendecas) #566
• [ce139a05e8] - src: make failure of closing scopes fatal (legendecas) #566
• [740c79823e] - src: add Env() to AsyncContext (Rolf Timmermans) #568
• [ea9ce1c801] - tsfn: add wrappers for Ref and Unref (Kevin Eady) #561
• [2e1769e1a3] - error: remove unnecessary if condition (legendecas) #562
• [828f223a87] - doc: fix spelling in ObjectWrap doc (#563) (Tobias Nießen) #563
• [dd9fa8a4a8] - doc: move Arunesh and Taylor to Emeritus (#540) (Michael Dawson) #540
• [cf8b8415df] - doc: add Kevin to the list of collaborators (#539) (Michael Dawson) #539
• [5d6aeae7b5] - build: enable travis for fast PR check (legendecas)
• [6192e705cd] - src: add napi_date (Mathias Küsel) #497
• [7b1ee96d52] - doc: update prebuild_tools.md (Nurbol Alpysbayev) #527
• [0b4f3a5b8c] - tsfn: fix crash on releasing tsfn (legendecas) #532
• [c3c8814d2f] - implement virutal ObjectWrap::Finalize (Michael Price) #515

2019-07-23 Version 1.7.1, @NickNaso

Notable changes:

API

• Fixed compilation problems that happen on Node.js with N-API version less than 4.

Commits

• [c20bcbd069] - Merge pull request #518 from NickNaso/master (Nicola Del Gobbo)
• [6720d57253] - Create the native threadsafe_function for test only for N-API greater than 3. (NickNaso)
• [37b6c185ad] - Fix compilation breakage on 1.7.0 (NickNaso)

2019-07-23 Version 1.7.0, @NickNaso

Notable changes:

API

• Added Napi::ThreadSafeFunction api.
• Added Napi::AsyncWorker::GetResult() method to Napi::AsyncWorker.
• Added Napi::AsyncWorker::Destroy()() method to Napi::AsyncWorker.
• Use full namespace on macros that create the errors.

Documentation

• Added documentation about contribution philosophy.
• Added documentation for Napi::ThreadSafeFunction.
• Some minor corrections all over the documentation.

TEST

• Added test case for bool operator.
• Fixed test case for Napi::ObjectWrap.

Commits

• [717c9ab163] - AsyncWorker: add GetResult() method (Kevin Eady) #512
• [d9d991bbc9] - doc: add ThreadSafeFunction to main README (#513) (Kevin Eady) #513
• [ac6000d0fd] - doc: fix minor typo (Yohei Kishimoto) #510
• [e9fa1eaa86] - doc: document ThreadSafeFunction (#494) (Kevin Eady) #494
• [cab3b1e2a2] - doc: ClassPropertyDescriptor example (Ross Weir) #507
• [c32d7dbdcf] - macros: create errors fully namespaced (Gabriel Schulhof) #506
• [0a90df2fcb] - Implement ThreadSafeFunction class (Jinho Bang)
• [1fb540eeb5] - Use curly brackets to include node_api.h (NickNaso) #493
• [b2b08122ea] - AsyncWorker: make callback optional (Kevin Eady) #489
• [a0cac77c82] - Added test for bool operator (NickNaso) #490
• [ab7d8fcc48] - src: fix objectwrap test case (Michael Dawson) #495
• [3b6b9eb88a] - AsyncWorker: introduce Destroy() method (Gabriel Schulhof) #488
• [f633fbd95d] - string.md: Document existing New(env, value, length) APIs (Tux3) #486
• [aaea55eda9] - Little fix on code example (Nicola Del Gobbo) #470
• [e1cf9a35a1] - Use Value::IsEmpty to check for empty value (NickNaso) #478
• [3ad5dfc7d9] - Fix link (Alba Mendez) #481
• [a3b4d99c45] - doc: Add contribution philosophy doc (Hitesh Kanwathirtha)
• [36863f087b] - doc: refer to TypedArray and ArrayBuffer from Array (Gabriel "|Nix|" Schulhof) #465

2019-04-03 Version 1.6.3, @NickNaso

Notable changes:

API

• Added SuppressDestruct method to Napi::AsyncWorker.
• Added new build targets for debug.
• Exposed macros that throw errors.
• Fixed memory leaks caused by callback data when a napi error occurs.
• Fixed missing void *data usage in Napi::PropertyDescriptors.

Documentation

• Some minor corrections all over the documentation.

Commits

• [83b41c2fe4] - Document adding -fvisibility=hidden flag for macOS users (Nicola Del Gobbo) #460
• [1ed7ad8769] - doc: correct return type of Int32Value to int32_t (Bill Gallafent) #459
• [b0f6b601aa] - src: add AsyncWorker destruction suppression (Gabriel Schulhof) #407
• [72b1975cff] - doc: fix links to the Property Descriptor docs (Ryuichi Okumura) #458
• [fcfc612728] - build: new build targets for debug purposes (Jinho Bang) #186
• [c629553cd7] - doc: minor doc corrections and clarifications (Bruce A. MacNaughton) #426
• [7b87e0b999] - doc: update number.md (Bernardo Heynemann) #436
• [fcf173d2a1] - src: expose macros that throw errors (Gabriel Schulhof) #448
• [b409a2f987] - package: add npm search keywords (Sam Roberts) #452
• [0bc7987806] - doc: fix references to Weak and Persistent (Jake Barnes) #428
• [ad6f569f85] - doc: dix typo (Abhishek Kumar Singh) #435
• [28df833a49] - Merge pull request #441 from jschlight/master (Jim Schlight)
• [4921e74d83] - Rearranges names to be alphabetical (Jim Schlight)
• [48220335b0] - Membership review update (Jim Schlight)
• [44f0695533] - Merge pull request #394 from NickNaso/create_release (Nicola DelGobbo)
• [fa49d68416] - doc: fix some Finalizer signatures (Philipp Renoth) #414
• [020ac4a628] - src: make Object::GetPropertyNames() const (Philipp Renoth)#415
• [91eaa6f4cb] - src: fix callbackData leaks on error napi status (Philipp Renoth) #417
• [0b40275752] - src: fix noexcept control flow issues (Philipp Renoth) #420
• [c1ff2936f9] - src: fix missing void*data usage in PropertyDescriptors (Luciano Martorella) #374

2018-11-29 Version 1.6.2, @NickNaso

Notable changes:

API

• Fixed selection logic for version 6.x.

Commmits

• [07a0fc4e95] - src: fix selection logic for 6.x (Michael Dawson) #402

2018-11-14 Version 1.6.1, @NickNaso

Notable changes:

Documentation

• Updated links for examples to point to node-addon-examples repo.
• Fixed typos on some parts of documentation.

API

• Removed unused member on Napi::CallbackScope.
• Enabled Napi::CallbackScope only with N-API v3.

Commits

• [e7cd292a74] - src: remove unused CallbackScope member (Gabriel Schulhof) #391
• [d47399fe25] - src: guard CallbackScope with N-API v3 (Michael Dawson) #395
• [29a0262ab9] - doc: fix typo (Dongjin Na) #385
• [b6dc15b88d] - doc: make links point to node-addon-examples repo (Nicola Del Gobbo) #389

2018-11-02 Version 1.6.0, @NickNaso

Notable changes:

Documentation

• Improved documentation about ABI stability.

API

• Add Napi::CallbackScope class that help to have the equivalent of the scope associated with a callback in place when making certain N-API calls

TEST

• Added tests for Napi::Array class.
• Added tests for Napi::ArrayBuffer class.

Commits

• [8ce605c657] - build: avoid using package-lock.json (Jaeseok Yoon) #359
• [fa3a6150b3] - src: use MakeCallback() -> Call() in AsyncWorker (Jinho Bang) #361
• [2342415463] - test: create test objects in the stack instead of the heap (Dongjin Na) #371
• [67b7db0a6f] - test: write tests for Array class (Jaeseok Yoon) #363
• [729f6dc4ee] - test: add arraybuffer tests (Dongjin Na) #369
• [405f3e5b5b] - src: implement CallbackScope class (Jinho Bang) #362
• [015d95312f] - doc: fix Napi::Reference link (Gentilhomme) #365
• [fd65078e3c] - README.md: link to new ABI stability guide (Gabriel Schulhof) #367
• [ffebf9ba9a] - Updates for release 1.5.0 (NickNaso)

2018-10-03 Version 1.5.0, @NickNaso

Notable changes:

Documentation

• Completed the documentation to cover all the API surface.
• Numerous fixes to make documentation more consistent in all of its parts.

API

• Add Napi::AsyncContext class to handle asynchronous operation.
• Add Napi::BigInt class to work with BigInt type.
• Add Napi::VersionManagement class to retrieve the versions of Node.js and N-API.
• Fix potential memory leaks.
• DataView feature is enabled by default
• Add descriptor for Symbols
• Add new methods on Napi::FunctionReference.
• Add the possibility to retrieve the environment on Napi::Promise::Deferred

TOOL

• Add tool to check if a native add-on is built using N-API

TEST

• Start to increase the test coverage
• Fix in the test suite to better handle the experimental features that are not yet backported in the previous Node.js version.

Commits

• [2009c019af] - Merge pull request #292 from devsnek/feature/bigint (Gus Caplan)
• [e44aca985e] - add bigint class (Gus Caplan)
• [a3951ab973] - Add documentation for Env(). (Rolf Timmermans) #318
• [a6f7a6ad51] - Add Env() to Promise::Deferred. (Rolf Timmermans)
• [0097e96b92] - Fixed broken links for Symbol and String (NickNaso)
• [b0ecd38d76] - Fix Code of conduct link properly (#323) (Jake Yoon) #323
• [223474900f] - doc: update Version management (Dongjin Na) #360
• [4f76262a10] - doc: some fix on Napi::Boolean documentation (NickNaso) #354
• [78374f72d2] - doc: number documentation (NickNaso) #356
• [51ffe453f8] - doc: doc cleanup (NickNaso) #353
• [fc11c944b2] - doc: major doc cleanup (NickNaso) #335
• [100d0a7cb2] - doc: first pass on objectwrap documentation (NickNaso) #321
• [c7d54180ff] - doc: the Napi::ObjectWrap example does not compile (Arnaud Botella) #339
• [7cdd78726a] - doc: added cpp highlight for string.md (Jaeseok Yoon) #329
• [8ed29f547c] - doc: add blurb about ABI stability (Gabriel Schulhof) #326
• [757eb1f5a3] - doc: add function and function reference doc (NickNaso) #299
• [2885c18591] - doc: Create changelog for release 1.4.0 (Nicola Del Gobbo)
• [917bd60baa] - src: remove TODOs by fixing memory leaks (Gabriel Schulhof) #343
• [dfcb93945f] - src: implement AsyncContext class (Jinho Bang) #252
• [211ed38d0d] - src: make 'nothing' target a static library (Gabriel Schulhof) #348
• [97c4ab5cf2] - src: add Call and MakeCallback that accept cargs (NickNaso) #344
• [b6e2d92c09] - src: enable DataView feature by default (Jinho) #331
• [0a00e7c97b] - src: implement missing descriptor defs for symbols (Philipp Renoth) #280
• [38e01b7e3b] - src: first pass on adding version management apis (NickNaso) #325
• [79ee8381d2] - src: fix compile failure in test (Michael Dawson) #345
• [4d92a6066f] - src: Add ObjectReference test case (Anisha Rohra) #212
• [779560f397] - test: add operator overloading tests in Number (Your Name) #355
• [73fed84ceb] - test: add ability to control experimental tests (Michael Dawson) #350
• [14c69abd46] - test: write tests for Boolean class (Jaeseok Yoon) #328
• [2ad47a83b1] - test: explicitly cast to uint32_t in test (Gabriel Schulhof) #341
• [622ffaea76] - test: Tighten up compiler warnings (Mikhail Cheshkov) #315
• [fd3c37b0f2] - tools: add tool to check for N-API modules (Gabriel Schulhof) #346

2018-07-19 Version 1.4.0, @NickNaso

Notable changes:

Documentation

• Numerous additions to the documentation, filling out coverage of API surface

API

• Add resource parameters to AsyncWorker constructor
• Add memory management feature

Commits

• [7dc5ac8bc3] - doc: update metadata for release (Nicola Del Gobbo)
• [d68e86adb4] - doc: Added documentation for PropertyDescriptor (Anisha Rohra) #309
• [968a5f2000] - doc: Add documentation for ObjectReference.md (Anisha Rohra) #307
• [908cdc314c] - doc: add TypedArray and TypedArrayOf (Kyle Farnung) #305
• [2ff776ffe3] - backport node::Persistent (Gabriel Schulhof) #300
• [98161970c9] - Backport perf, crash and exception handling fixes (Gabriel Schulhof) #295
• [dd1191e086] - test: fix asyncworker test so it runs on 6.x (Michael Dawson) #298
• [11697fcecd] - doc: ArrayBuffer and Buffer documentation (Kyle Farnung) #256
• [605aa2babf] - Add memory management feature (NickNaso) #286
• [86be13a611] - doc: Fix HandleScope docs (Ben Berman) #287
• [90f92c4dc0] - doc: Update broken links in README.md (Hitesh Kanwathirtha) #290
• [c2a620dc11] - doc: Clarify positioning versus N-API (Michael Dawson) #288
• [6cff890ee5] - doc: Fix typo in docs (Ben Berman) #284
• [7394bfd154] - doc: Fix typo in docs (Ben Berman) #285
• [12b2cdeed3] - fix test files (Kyle Farnung) #257
• [9ab6607242] - doc: Update Doc Version Number (joshgarde) #277
• [e029a076c6] - doc: First pass at basic Node Addon API docs (Hitesh Kanwathirtha) #268
• [74ff79717e] - doc: fix link to async_worker.md (Michael Dawson)
• [5a63f45eda] - doc: First step of error and async doc (NickNaso) #272
• [9d38f61afb] - doc: New Promise and Reference docs (Jim Schlight) #243
• [43ff9fa836] - doc: Updated Object documentation (Anisha Rohra) #254
• [b197f7cc8b] - doc: minor typos (Nick Soggin) #248
• [4b8918b352] - Add resource parameters to AsyncWorker constructor (Jinho Bang) #253
• [1ecf7c19b6] - doc: fix wrong link in readme (miloas) #255
• [a750ed1932] - release: updates to metadata for next release (Michael Dawson)

2018-05-08 Version 1.3.0, @mhdawson

Notable changes:

Documentation

• Added documentation for Scopes
• Added documentation for migration from NAN
• Update documentation to better explain the use of NODE_ADDON_API

API

• Implement data manipulation methods for dataview
• Use built-in N-API on Node.js >= 6.14.2
• Value
  • Added IsExternal()
  • IsObject() allow functions
• String
  • Fixed initialization of std::string to nullptr

Tests

• Fix test failures on linuxOne and AIX
• Added basic tests for Scopes
• Fix MSVC warning C4244 in tests

Commits

• [386c2aeb74] - test: remove dep on later C++ feature (Michael Dawson) https://github.com/nodejs/node-addon-api/pull/267
• [10697734da] - Use built-in N-API on Node.js >= 6.14.2 (Gabriel Schulhof)
• [75086da273] - test: add basic tests and doc for scopes (Michael Dawson) https://github.com/nodejs/node-addon-api/pull/250
• [341dbd25d5] - doc: update blurb explaining NODE_ADDON_API (Gabriel Schulhof) https://github.com/nodejs/node-addon-api/pull/251
• [cf6c93e4ee] - don't try to escape null (Michael Dawson) https://github.com/nodejs/node-addon-api/pull/245
• [15e4b35fc2] - test: fix MSVC warning C4244 in tests (Kyle Farnung) https://github.com/nodejs/node-addon-api/pull/236
• [7f3ca03b8e] - Create a doc for migration (Sampson Gao) https://github.com/nodejs/node-addon-api/pull/118
• [0a2177debe] - Fix test failures on linuxOne and AIX (Jinho Bang) https://github.com/nodejs/node-addon-api/pull/232
• [d567f4b6b5] - Added Napi::Value::IsExternal() (Eric Bickle) https://github.com/nodejs/node-addon-api/pull/227
• [1b0f0e004a] - Update node-gyp.md (Michele Campus) https://github.com/nodejs/node-addon-api/pull/226
• [faf19c4f7a] - Fixed initialization of std::string to nullptr (Eric Bickle) https://github.com/nodejs/node-addon-api/pull/228
• [9c4d321b57] - Implement data manipulation methods for dataview (Jinho Bang) https://github.com/nodejs/node-addon-api/pull/218
• [5a39fdca6f] - n-api: throw RangeError napi_create_typedarray() (Jinho Bang) https://github.com/nodejs/node-addon-api/pull/216
• [1376377202] - Make IsObject() allow functions (Jinho Bang) https://github.com/nodejs/node-addon-api/pull/217
• [673b59d319] - src: Initial implementation of DataView class (Jinho Bang) https://github.com/nodejs/node-addon-api/pull/205
• [0a899bf1c5] - doc: update indication of latest version (Michael Dawson) https://github.com/nodejs/node-addon-api/pull/211
• [17c74e5a5e] - n-api: RangeError in napi_create_dataview() (Jinho Bang) https://github.com/nodejs/node-addon-api/pull/214
• [4058a29989] - n-api: fix memory leak in napi_async_destroy() (Jinho Bang) https://github.com/nodejs/node-addon-api/pull/213